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Welcome back to my blog - I'm glad you're here!

I'd love to show you a project using some dies from the St. Nick set, which is included in one of the newest holiday collections from Spellbindesr: Home for the Holidays.

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I'm excited to share one of the die-cutting sets from the Out and About Collection: Mushroom Mansion. 

Look at how cute this little mushroom house is! 

There are so many possibilities to customize this house.

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Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

I have two projects to share with you today - both use projects from one of the newest releases from Spellbinders: Stylish Ovals.

This collection has so many lovely products - perfect for any special occasion.

Let's dive in!

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My project for today is showcasing the Celebrate the Season release from Spellbinders. I used the Stylish Merry Christmas Etched Die set from the collection as well as the More Holiday Decorations Etched Die set.

This card was pretty easy to put together as it was only die cutting involved!

I cut and scored a kraft card base and set it aside.

I then used the holiday decorations die and cut both the bulb and the ends several times from white cardstock. I colored them with copic markers and then adhered the front bulb piece to the base bulb piece. After I cut a bunch of those out, I repeated the same process with the bulb ends, the curly light strand, and the ornament/jingle bell die.

I glued down all the light bulb and ornament/jingle bell images to the curly strand and then glued all of those assembled decorative strands down to my kraft card base.

I used the Stylish Merry Christmas die cut the shadow piece from vellum and the actual text pieces from gold shimmer cardstock. I glued the letters in place on to the vellum shadow and then applied glue to the back of the shadow piece where the letters were so that the glue would be hidden by the letters. Once that glue was applied, I pressed that finished sentiment piece down to the card to finish everything off!

Thanks again for joining me today and I hope you'll check out this holiday collection - there are so many fun elements in the collection!

Kelly

 Hello, Everyone!

Today is such a fun day because we're celebrating Spellbinders' 20th Birthday!

Of course I had to do a birthday cake card, and this die set is from the Birthday Celebrations Collection at Spellbinders, and it's called the Topsy Turvy Cake Die. 

I glued the cover pieces to the basic shape pieces and then once all the cake layers were assembled, I glued all the cake layers together for the finished product. 

I used the "Happy Birthday" sentiment stamp from the Lyrical Layered Florals stamp set and the coordinating die to create the sentiment on the front of the cake. Althuogh I only stamped the sentiment once, I used the die to cut several pieces and glued them togeher for a stacked look so that the sentiment wouldn't get lost on that cake!

After I glued the sentiment to the cake, I trimmed down a piece of foiled patterned paper from the Cheerful Occasions paper pad and adhered that on to a cut and scored 4.25 x 5.5 inch card base. Then, to finish off the card, I adhered foam tape to the back of the completed cake, and adhered that to the card base. I love that the foam tape helps the cake pop off the background!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you'll get a chance to take a look at this new collection from Spellbinders!

Kelly 

Hello, crafty friends!

I'm back today with another project, showcasing products from Spelbinders!

Spellbinders recently released a collection from Becca Feeken called the Layered Fleur Bouquet Slimlines Collection. 

This collection contains several die sets that create different types of flowers, along with some background and decorative dies as well. 

For today's project, I used the Layered Lilies die and the Half Slimline Diamond Etched die. I started by cutting and scoring a slimline card base from white cardstock.

I used the diamond die to make two cuts on cream colored cardstock and created the entire background. I used liquid glue to adhere the two diamond panels down to the card base and then cut the different lily, leaf, and accent pieces pieces several times from white cardstock. I glued the flowers together using liquid glue and then colored them with various Distress Oxide inks and sponge daubers. 

After I glued the floral and accent pieces down to the card base, I used a sentiment from the Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments die set and cut that several times from black cardstock that I had in my scrap drawer. Because the sentiment was very fine, I knew I needed to use several layers glued together in order to make the sentiment pop off the card with enough dimension. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my project!

Kelly

Supplies Used: Various Distress Oxide Inks (Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness, Crushed Olive, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss, Fossilized Amber). 

White Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Cream Cardstock

 Happy Wednesday, Crafty Friends!

I'm happy to be here sharing some products from the new Spellbinders Collection, Sweet Serenade Notecards. You can find all the products in the collection on the Spellbinders website, along with a lot of other fantastic products!

My first project uses the Lyrical Layered Florals stamp set. I love doing simple, one-layer cards like this one because they're beautiful but ALSO super easy to create!

 Hello, Crafty Friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and checking out the new collection from Spellbinders!

I especially love the dies in this set, and they are so versatile. You can creats lots of beautiful projects by adding in some other supplies you probably already have on hand, so I'd love to share how I did that with these two cards:

I started by cutting some patterned paper scraps I had in my stash (including some from the Sincerely Yours paper pad). I then used the dies from the Heartfelt Thanks set to cut out the white and green-leafed pieces. 

I glued these all together down on my cut and scored 4.25 x 5.5 inch card base and then cut away the "Heartfelt Thanks" portion of the sentiment die in the set so that only the scroll accents were left. I glued that down on top of my card and then stamped a sentiment from the Beautiful Inside and Out sentiment stamp set to complete the focal point of the card. 

For my next card, I thought these dies would really look nice on a slimline card, so I cut down some colored cardstock and glued it on to a cut and scored slimline white card base. 

 Welcome, Crafty Friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'd love for you to check out the new Liberty Collection over at Spellbinders! They've got a festive add-on die for their Sunday Drive die set, and it's perfect for making celebratory July 4th cards!

Additionally, there's a new stencil, sentiment stamp set, and a new stand-alone die in the collection that are perfect for clean and simple cards. 

I used the new Liberty Sunday Drive Die for this card along with the new Sun Burst stencil:

And then I used the new Color Block Panel Die, some papers from the Sincerely Yours Paper Pad, and the All-Occasion Sentiment set for this next card:

Head over here to the blog and you'll find more details about some projects I made with the new products.

Thanks again for popping over and be sure to stop by the Spellbinder's blog for more info!

Kelly

 Hello Everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today to check out a new collection from Spellbinders! The Sweet Cardlets II Collection has some adorable images to satisfy the girly and frilly streak that sometimes lies dormant in my crafty system. 

So let's get to the cards!

For the first card, I used the Cup of Kindness Glimmer Hot Foil plates and some patterned paper from the Sincerely Yours Paper Pad to create that front square image. After the foiling was done, I cut a piece of pink cardstock from my scrap stash and just matted the foiled square on to that piece of cardstock and trimmed it down. I added foam to the back of that finished piece and glued it down to the top center of the card.

I created the card base by cutting and scoring a piece of 4.25 x 5.5 inch white cardstock and then adhering another piece of patterned paper from the same paper pad (cut down to 4.25 x 5.5 inches) down to the card base. 

To finish off the card, I foiled the sentiment that's included in the set and then trimmed it down before matting it to the same pink cardstock. I added the same foam to the back and glued it down underneath the teacup and teapot panel up top. 

I followed the exact same process for the next card, using colored cardstock I had in my stash, foil, and white cardstock. But this time, I used the You are My Home Glimmer Plate set. 

I love that these glimmer plate sets look so nice on simple colored cardstock. It's a great way to use up all the colored cardstock that creeps into your stash!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you'll check out these new products!

Kelly

 Hello, Friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Spellbinders has just released a new collection of goodies, and I'm excited to share some of the products with you!

The Cardmaker Stamp Collection contains 5 stamp sets that cover a variety of styles, so there's something for everyone!

For today's project, I decided to create a note card set using the Love Block Clear Stamp Set.